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The region's transportation goal
MARC's Metro Outlook report established that metropolitan Kansas City has one basic goal: to create a region where the quality of life continually improves for everyone. Building on this premise, Transportation Outlook 2030 Update, the current long-range transportation plan (LRTP), explores and explains the region's ability to solve transportation problems and make progress.
What the LRTP is
Transportation
Outlook 2030 Update directs the transportation decision-making process
in ways that help achieve the regional goal outlined in Metro Outlook.
To that end, the plan identifies how each element and program proposed
in the plan supports a healthy, strong, regional economy; maximizes access
to opportunity for all area residents; supports a quality built and natural
environment; and promotes the safety and well-being of the traveling public.
Transportation Outlook 2030 Update serves as a blueprint for
the management of the region's transportation system through the year
2030.The plan describes the current and evolving surface transportation
needs of the metropolitan area and broadly categorizes $16.6 billion in
transportation investments ranging from road and transit improvements
to projects that enhance bike, pedestrian and freight movement.
How
the LRTP was developed
Transportation Outlook 2030 was developed through an extensive public involvement process that spanned 15 months and resulted in contacts with over 2,700 individuals across the region. A series of public meetings were also held through out the region for Transportation Outlook 2030 Update. The MARC Board of Directors approved Transportation Outlook 2030 Update in October 2005.
Per the region’s current status as an air quality attainment area and new federal guidelines under SAFETEA-LU, MARC does not anticipate another full update of the LRTP until 2010.